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Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.19.1915.

JOHN W. BARBER, OF NEVJ'TON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Application led October 19, 1915. Serial No. 56,668.

To all lwhom t 'may concern:

Beit known that l, J oHN WESLEY BARBER, of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and "tate ol'Vll/lassachusetts, have invented certain' 4new `and useful lmprovements in Packages, ot which the following is a specifica# tion.

ln the sale of articles which require the use ot' some other articles or devices to be connected thereto or to secure them in place, to enable such articles to serve the purposes Yfor which they are bought, it is customary to do up the connecting or securing devices either in a small separate wrapper or a box, or to wrap up the whole with the connecting or securing devices in somewhat loose condition against the article itself. For instance, in hardware stores it is customary to inclose hinges with the screws for those hinges, either in a box or in a wrapper, with the screws in more or less loose condition.

rEhe object ot' this invention is to malte .the article itself, where its nature will permit it to be done, serve as the carrier for the attaching or holding devices that are sold with it, thereby not only saving space, and boxing or wrapping by the salesman, but also increasing the certainty that when a customer buys the article he will have with it, the devices that he will require to malte that article of use.

While it is to be understood that l do not limit myself to any particular article, l will refer to twoz-Elastie treads such as rubber heels or heel lifts require a certain number of nails to secure them in place, and wedges employed as anti-rattling devices for window sashes usually require a couple of screw eyes, to be connected by a piece of cord or string, one screw eye to be secured to the larger end of the wedge and the other to be set in the window casing. l have chosen this last mentioned article to illustrate my invention.

@t the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a rubber wedge to be employed as an antirattling device for a window sash, the wedge having a recess or chamber or pocket in which two screw eyes are held by a dislt closure.

Fig. 2 represents a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. A v

Fig. 3 is an elevation looking in the direction of arrow 3 in Fig. 1,

Fig. A is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating a modification hereinafter referred to.

All ot the views are somewhat enlarged from the actual size usually employed t'or sasli wedges.

The body t of the wedge is formed with a recess or chamber or pocket b for the devices which are needed to enable the purchaser to secure the wedge in place for use. Said devices are shown as two screws or screw eyes. As cord or string is always at hand, l. do not illustrate any such, but, of course, a piece of cord of proper length could also be placed in the chamber. To retain these devices in the chamber an easily removable closure o, such as a disk of card board, may be employed, said closure being snapped or sprung into an annular groove (Z (Figs. l and 2) in the wall of the chamber near the surface of the wedge. As a modiication of the groove CZ l show, in Fig. Ll, two ribs e e, between which the margin of the dislt closure may be sprung and held.

There may be uses tor which it is advisable to employ a plate or washer y near the apex oi' the chamber, as when compression is often to be applied to the article. Another washer or plate g having a hole in it, near the blunt end of the wedge, not only stitlens that end to facilitate pushing the wedge in between a sash and parting bead cf the window casing, but serves also to provide a better anchor for the screw eye which the user may screw into that end of the wedge when he is installing the article in position for use.

It will now be understood that l have provided means whereby, whether the article is a sash wedge, a cushion heel, or other article with which connecting or securing devices are sold, the necessity and expense of a separate packing box or carton or wrapper is avoided, and there is no liability of loss of the auxiliary devices. Moreover, the disk closure aliords opportunity for the printing of advertising matter or directions for use.

YVhen the article is of rubber, and the closure o and the auxiliary devices have been removed, the chamber b provides a vacuum cup to enable the article to be placed and held in position by suction. For instance, even if the sash wedge has been installed by means of the two screw eyes and a conlill!) necting cord, it need not be left hanging, When not in use, but can be pressed against a smooth portion of the sash or Window casing and made to adhere thereto. The leXible lip around the margin of the chamber Z) facilitates the holding by suction.

The chamber may also serve as a carrier for printed or other matter which strictly speaking are not connecting or securing devices and thereby dispensing with special envelop or carton.

Having now described a Way to practice my invention, although Without attempting with integral elastic means for engaging a i relatively incompressible cap or Cover to retain such devices 1n the recess or pocket.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.` y

JOHN W. BARBER.

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' Washington, D. C. 

